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Abstract
As part of an expanded research program begun about 2 years ago by the Agricultural Estimates
Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, pilot interview farm surveys were conducted
in 10 Southern States during June 1954 and June 1955, and will be continued, in an effort
to develop an improved crop and livestock estimating system. These surveys are somewhat
unusual in that their main purpose is not to grind out estimates on a variety of agricultural
items, but to study the operational and statistical problems that arise. Although emphasis is
on research, the surveys are conducted under simulated operating conditions so that the transition
from "research" to an operating program should be a natural development as the work
progresses. This paper discusses technical aspects of the surveys.